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With the start of the new season edging ever closer, clubs up and down the country are continuing to scour the transfer market in search of reinforcements. We're well on course for another record- breaking summer and with the majority of the top teams across Europe still active in the market, we can expect even more big-money deals to go through before the window slams shut. Join Sportsmail's BEN GROUNDS for all the latest rumours and done deals from across the country and abroad. RELATED ARTICLES

EXCLUSIVE: How Nigerian senators took bribes to pass Peace Corps Bill

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To pass the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill, senators received kickbacks in form of job slots and cash reward from the promoters of the proposed paramilitary organisation, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Scores of senators received at least seven employment slots each to back the bill, which was passed to, amongst other things, create the Nigerian Peace Corps as the country’s newest law enforcement agency. Some of the lawmakers considered key to the passage of the law got as much as 500 slots, our findings show. Other senators received cash rewards for their acquiescence, multiple senators, including those who benefited, told PREMIUM TIMES. The bribery scheme became so brazen that some senators who were members of the committees that worked on the bill pointedly accused each other of being bought by the Peace Corps. But the leadership of the Senate quickly weighed in, made peace amongst the feuding senators and hushed up the case, consequently saving...

‘You Sacrificed your leg to the Devil to be Governor’ Femi Fani- Kayode blasts Rochas Okorocha

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The war between Chief Femi Fani Kayode and Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha daily produces drama after drama. Fani-Kayode tweeted that Okorocha sacrificed his left leg to the Devil to become governor. His tweets read; U sacrificed ur left leg to the devil in a money-making ritual just to be governor. Now it is rotting, it stinks, u limp and u are in pain. The pain won’t go. The wound won’t heal. It will get worse and it will kill u. My advice?Leave politics and renounce ur covenant with Satan. Okorocha and FFK have been at each others neck in recent times ever since the former wrote about his visit to London to see President Buhar

Obasanjo knelt down for Ghadaffi, used me against Atiku, Makarfi – Fayose

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The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has made some of the most far- reaching revelations yet about the years in office of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mr. Fayose said in the current edition of ‘The Interview’ that Obasanjo used him to wreck the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the chance of former Kaduna State governor, Ahmed Makarfi, becoming the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in 2007. He said in his naivety, Obasanjo also used him to attack former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, among other political foes. In a statement, the MD/ Editor-In-Chief, Azu Ishiekwene, described the edition as “a window on a dark and troubling past and a must read for any important political figure who has crossed Fayose’s path in the last 18 years.” Mr. Fayose told The Interview that the scale fell off his eyes when on a trip with former President Obasanjo to Tripoli, Libya...

OOU Admission Screening Date and Registration Deadline For 2017 Postponed

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This is to inform the public and all aspirants of Olabisi Olabanjo University (OOU) that due to the on-ongoing JAMB Direct Entry registration and NECO Examination, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State has extended the Post-UTME Screening Registration exercise till 11th of August, 2017. Consequently, the Screening exercise will commence on the 14th of August, 2017. A new screening schedule will be made available soon.

Ascertain if President Buhari is fit - Lawyers tells Osinbajo

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- A group of lawyers under the aegis of United Global Resolve for Peace (UGRFP) threaten to go to court and compel FEC to set up a medical committee to ascertain if ailing President Muhammadu Buhari is fit - The group says the constitutional provision needs to be adhered to ensure that the right thing is done A group of lawyers under the aegis of United Global Resolve for Peace (UGRFP) have asked Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and some members of the federal executive council (FEC) to set up a medical committee in line with Section 145 of the 1999 constitution as amended, to ascertain if President Buhari is fit enough to continue in office or face legal action. READ ALSO: Politicians now sponsoring Boko Haram over 2019 presidential election - NPI The lawyers on Wednesday, July 26, threatened to seek a court order to compel the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to set up a medical committee to ascertain if ailing Buhari is fit enough to continue in office if th...

Fed Poly Idah Remedial Admission 2017/2018 Announced

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Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the Remedial programme of the Federal Polytechnic Idah in the 2017/2018 academic session. These are one-year programmes designed to prepare candidates with deficiencies in the entry requirements and subsequent admissions for full-time National Diploma (ND) programmes in the following: SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Civil Engineering Technology.... Continue reading after this commercial break Advertisements .... Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering Technology Metallurgical Engineering Technology Foundry Engineering Technology SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY Computer Science Food Science and Technology Hospitality Management Technology Science Laboratory Technology Mathematics and Statistics Leisure and Tourism SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Architectural Technology Building Technology Estate Management and Valuation Quantity Surveying Surveying and Geo-informatics ...